Grape leaf Skeletonizer on Lavendar

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This handsome fellow looks a lot like a quite nasty grape pest which is now spreading throughout Northern California.

Last year, Napa put the whole county on alert when inspectors found one adult male in a trap.

I’ve never seen them before in the area. I’m going to have an etymologist check it out.

UPDATE:  Whew, we are saved.  It is really a Ctenucha Multifaria and is not a pest.